The idea of living sacrificially in radical obedience to Christ, whatever the consequences and regardless of the cost, especially in an environment that is powerfully hostile, is alternatively appealing in being something so worthy of giving one's life to and terrifying in being the very thing that could well mean giving one's life up for. This paper explores a particular life, that of Menno Simons, in such a context of extreme tribulation in the sixteenth-century Radical Reformation. The resultant theology of suffering is compelling and provides, should we allow ourselves to hear it, a challenge to the very fabric of how we perceive our own lives as part of the precious and fragile Body of Christ.